State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: California vs Nevada
Software Developers in California earn a median of $174,410. In Nevada, $128,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 35.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.4%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+22.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Software Developers
- Median
- $174,410
- p25
- $136,990
- p75
- $216,670
- p10
- $105,060
- p90
- $272,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Nevada
Software Developers
- Median
- $128,810
- p25
- $100,680
- p75
- $167,820
- p10
- $73,990
- p90
- $194,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.